Cherry reds only, doesn't come in anything else. Still probably one of the best gaming-oriented mech keyboard for the price.

Originally Posted by b0sanac

Hmm I may pick up the 2500's, is there any reason to get a proper soundcard?

Because your speakers are only going to sound as good as what you feed them : /
Striking a balance for the budget is key - you won't fit a Ferrari with go-kart wheels, or a Toyota hatchback with monster truck tyres.

I own SP2500's and I would say to drive them to their potential, purchasing atleast Asus Xonar DS ($60-70 AU) would be ideal to round-off your PC audio setup for a long time.

Because your speakers are only going to sound as good as what you feed them : /
Striking a balance for the budget is key - you won't fit a Ferrari with go-kart wheels, or a Toyota hatchback with monster truck tyres.

I own SP2500's and I would say to drive them to their potential, purchasing atleast Asus Xonar DS ($60-70 AU) would be ideal to round-off your PC audio setup for a long time.

I know that you can get superior sound out with some speakers, I wasnt sure about the ones in question though. Thanks

the SP2500's are pretty much the best sound you can get from a set of computer speakers, to get better sound you need to start looking in to audiophile speakers or studio monitors

there are a bunch of us the prefer studio monitors because they have a flat sound which allows for more diverse tweaking with an equalizer, or in my case i just prefer flat sound

As far as I've dug, the Corsairs are said to be some of the best bang for the buck speakers.
Obviously every goddamn FORUM thread I've seen on this has been nothing short of black-hole arguments - i.e. people with studio monitors who have never heard SP2500's and believe all "PC speakers" are pieces of shit, and people with SP2500's who have never heard decent studio monitors and feel their speakers are the next big thing since sliced Jesus bread. Way too biased, nobody was getting anywhere *sigh*

So that really leaves reviews, they were all I could go on...and most reviews give it a really high value rating along with overall high scores, even JonnyGuru gave it 10/10 for value (and that guy is fucking hard to please) so I concluded that they must perform equal or better than monitors in their price range. I also saw some Newegg feedback of people saying they were a great alternative to monitors...but then again, like 80% of the feedback was people coming from $30 Logitech speakers and discovering sliced Jesus bread.

/shrug

I'm fairly happy with my sliced Jesus bread so far. The #1 complaint people had was with the length of the cables, and Corsair immediately sent out new replacement cables (10 feet long) for free to anyone who asked/complained lol.

Lol we have plenty of those here too, people are funny like that. They take a $1000 car and put in a $5000 sound system, rims, a paint job and some even get hydraulics.. I've never understood why they do it lol.

Well, it's a Ferrari to them, w/e none of my concern etc etc. They can LOOK as trashy as they like.

It's when they SOUND however they like, that's when I feel like I had a grenade to toss into their window, because I can't do anything about it.
Removing the silencer and adding those volume-increasing exhausts (or whatever they're called) should be punished with prison time, along with blasting music which can be heard heard by the entire street (or at 2am in the morning). It's all in the name of seeking attention and being disrespectful.

I'm probably sounding like an old coot who shakes their walking stick at people, but meh...I am who I am!
*guns down a poor farm animal in GW2 out of frustration*

that has as much to do with driving style as anything, i have a 3" turbo back straight through exhaust, but i don't drive full throttle, i generally try to drive as quiet as possible, but it's nice to hear the exhaust every once in a while, but there are derps that bolt that same kind of exhaust to their non turbo honda and drive around full throttle while accelerating and then sit in 3rd gear on the highway

Like my PC, my next car's gotta be as quiet as possible so I can have minimum distortion while listening to music while driving(speakers or IEM's). Hopefully not one of those 1.3 litre eco-green hatchbacks which look like they're made out of plastic (yuck), should have enough to feel zippy and accelerate quickly uphill (NZ roads are NOT flat, not even in the city), but still as quiet as possible.

Hmm too bad with cars you can't get both quietness and performance like you can with a watercooled PC :P

Like my PC, my next car's gotta be as quiet as possible so I can have minimum distortion while listening to music while driving(speakers or IEM's). Hopefully not one of those 1.3 litre eco-green hatchbacks which look like they're made out of plastic (yuck), should have enough to feel zippy and accelerate quickly uphill (NZ roads are NOT flat, not even in the city), but still as quiet as possible.

Hmm too bad with cars you can't get both quietness and performance like you can with a watercooled PC :P

Electric motors. Practically silent and can deliver very impressive performance. Of course, the batteries are the issue now, but when (if) they get that sorted...